Cinnamon Bread

I have always been a sucker for cinnamon bread, and cinnamon rolls. Maybe because my Grandma Leep made the BEST cinnamon rolls. A decade later I still remember the smell of walking in after Sunday school and sitting down to coffee and cinnamon rolls. Perfectly iced, a bit crunchy in the outer layer, and a sinfully gooey middle layer. I would lick off the frosting and slowly unroll the outer layer, eating my way to the warm, luscious center.

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1/4 cup warm water
1 Tbs active dry yeast
2 cups whole wheat bread flour
1 cup milk, scalded
3/4 cup orange juice
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter
1 egg
1 Tbs orange peel, grated
1 1/2 tsp salt
4 1/2 – 5 1/2 cups bread flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 Tbs cinnamon

1. Combine water and yeast; stir to dissolve.

2. Combine ww bread flour, milk, juice, sugar, butter, egg, orange peel, and salt in a large mixing bowl and mix well. When cooled to lukewarm, add yeast mixture and mix.

3. Add enough of the bread flour to make a soft dough. Knead 8-10 minutes until smooth. Place in greased bowl, turn to grease both sides, cover with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 1/4 hours. Punch down and divide in half. Roll or stretch each portion to a rectangle measuring 15×7 inches.

4. Combine sugar and cinnamon and divide into two parts. Sprinkle evenly on the two rectangles. Roll up, jelly roll fashion, from short end and place in greased 9×5 inch loaf pans. Let rise until doubled. Bake in preheated oven at 350F for about 30 minutes. Leave in pans 5 minutes, then remove and cool on wire rack.

Servings: 32
Yield: 2 loaves

Oven Temperature: 375°F

The verdict: LOVE the flavor of orange in these! Unexpected yet tasty. It didn’t rise as much as I thought it would but the texture was fine, so maybe I was just off in my estimation of how much it would rise. It also made excellent french toast the next day. DH was so sweet and made me breakfast:

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 1/32 of a recipe (1.9 ounces).
Percent daily values based on the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.

Amount Per Serving
Calories 143.92
Calories From Fat (14%) 19.55
% Daily Value
Total Fat 2.24g 3%
Saturated Fat 1.13g 6%
Cholesterol 11.03mg 4%
Sodium 115.4mg 5%
Potassium 63.07mg 2%
Total Carbohydrates 26.76g 9%
Fiber 0.89g 4%
Sugar 6.22g
Protein 3.99g 8%

This post linked to Made by Me Monday and Tasty Tuesday and YeastSpotting